Regarding Wednesday’s story “TV report accusing Hahn has major flaws,” thank you for exposing the Swift Boat tactics against Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn by the conservative spin machine. Michelle Malkin is using the same lies and fear strategy her heroes in the White House use daily.

Malkin is confusing Hahn with President Bush and company, who used our tax dollars to pay the convicted Iraqi thief and gangster Ahmed Chalabi to lead us to an immoral war. They are paying off thug militia leaders in Iraq to sit still while Bush and John McCain falsely claim a successful surge.

Unlike our failed leadership in Washington, Hahn has the moral courage and intelligence to go into the mouth of the lion to accomplish her mission with words, not the sword. When did we ever see Bush meet anywhere but a veterans group or at a convalescent home to meet with his people?

– DAVE LEGACKI

San Pedro

Mauno deserves re-election

I have to reply that Mike Mauno may have gotten some of his facts wrong, but he still deserves to be re-elected to the City Council (“Mauno wrong on refinery,” Letters to the Editor, Wednesday).

Mike truly loves the city of Torrance. I have known him for more than 40 years and have been impressed time and time again by his integrity and honesty when dealing with the people and issues of this city. He was wrongly linked to former Mayor Dan Walker, and Walker was certainly never his mentor.

Mike is concerned about more issues than just ExxonMobil. He is concerned about the Torrance Unified School District and is looking for ways to make the education of our children better.

He is also concerned about city safety issues and making Torrance the safest city around. He is concerned with traffic congestion on Torrance Boulevard. He wants to know what happened to the money set aside for a road to help ease that congestion. There are many other issues and all one has to do is contact Mike and he will talk to you about your concerns and help find solutions.

Mike has also been open and honest about this city and the concerns the citizens have. Government needs more people like Mike. I urge the people of Torrance, if you love this city as much as I do, to vote for Mike Mauno.

Let’s start with him and make Torrance the best city in California and the United States.

– ANN COLLINS

Torrance

Budget cuts will hurt kids

After reading about the riot at Locke High School in South Los Angeles on Friday, the Los Angeles Times article about rampant depression among high school students and the many articles about school overcrowding, people shouldn’t be surprised that student achievement is low. The school system is no longer working and is in need of urgent care.

At the same time that the school system is collapsing, we’re being told there will be a 10percent budget cut next year and some teachers (new ones mostly) will lose their jobs – thus creating more overcrowding for the students.

There have been experiments with mice that show they become very aggressive and hostile when there are too many put in a cage together. It’s more difficult to test the mice for depression. Are we experimenting with our students? Does anyone care?

Please write and call your representatives to let them know budget cuts are unacceptable and school reform is urgent.

– TRACY LITMAN

San Pedro

Spending `locally’ isn’t easy

Regarding the letter, “Spend stimulus locally” on May 9, by Mark Applegate, chairman of the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce, I would like to ask Applegate to suggest a store locally where you can buy men’s, women’s and children’s clothes that are made in the United States only, and not made in China, India and every other foreign country, which I refuse to buy.

There is an e-mail circulating that we should spend our stimulus money at garage sales, the only place left that you might find articles made in the United States.

– MARY MELOUGH

Torrance

Gardens should go green

I don’t know who is writing your “Staying In: Gardening” list (LA.Com, Saturday), but apparently the person works for the chemical industry. With “going green” finally gaining momentum, I cannot believe how the chemical sprays are being pushed in this column. Almost every time I read it, there is some instruction on spraying chemicals on your plants.

Is the author aware that these are poisons, bad for people and bad for the environment? We are what we eat and breathe, and I certainly don’t want these chemicals polluting the food I eat, nor the air I breathe.

There are so many solutions other than the chemicals available at this time that I am not only amazed but so disappointed that no organic alternatives have even been suggested. You need to offer another viewpoint in your column so people know there are much safer and healthier methods than these hazardous products you are promoting.

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